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Reserve spark 9th straight victory in Spurs’ win over Wizards Last November, the Spurs rode into the Verizon Center owners of a modest three-game winning streak. The weary Spurs departed for San Antonio defeated, dagger buried in their collective backs courtesy of Wizards guard Bradley Beal, who drilled a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining. Just as in Boston, it took the Spurs’ reserves — the aptly named “Juice Unit” — to galvanize the rest of coach Gregg Popovich’s forces …

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WASHINGTON — Forty-six seconds into the Spurs’ 112-100 win in Washington on Saturday, Pau Gasol wheeled on the baseline and threw up a 19-foot, fadeaway prayer with the Wizards’ Marcin Gortat all over him. Two nights after going 0 of 5 in Boston for only the second scoreless game of his career, Gasol couldn’t help but laugh at how his next game began. With a career average of 18.1 points per game, Gasol has already posted two two-point games to go with his goose egg in Boston …